Curriculum Vitae

Saied Reza Ameli Renani

 Member of Faculty of Social Sciences

 University of Tehran

P.O. Box: 14395 - 773

Tell. No. 0098 21 8012111

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Email. ssameli@ut.ac.ir

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Experience

Ü     1997-up to Now        Founder and Member of Trustee  in  Islamic College for Advanced Studies-London                    

Ü      1997-1999     Director and Founder of the Institute for Islamic Studies - London                                                       

Ü    1997-up to Now        Founder and Member of Trustee of IHRC                             

Ü    2002 up to Now      Member of International Committee of  Global Studies Association – Britain                                 

Ü    2001 up to now        Member of the Faculty of Social Sciences of   University of Tehran-Department of Mass Media               

Ü   Since Oct. 2004         Founder and Director of Institute for  North American and European studies  University of Tehran                                                 

Education

       1977 :   Graduate from John F. Kennedy  High School – Sacramento USA   

      1977-78:   BA in Mechanical Engineering  at the University of Sacramento        (uncompleted)

    1980-92: Seminary Study in Islamic Studies including , Arabic Literature,  Theology, Logic,Philosophy,jurisprudence and Principal of Jurisprudence                                                      

       1988-92 : BA in Social Sciences at the University of Tehran                        

       1994-95: MA in Sociology in University College of Dublin;  MA dissertation TOPIC was: The Relationship between TV programs and Religious Practices and Values     

      1996-01:  P.H.D. in Sociology of Culture, at the Royal Holloway University of London Research Topic was:  The Impact of Globalization on British Muslim Identity                

Publications:

Books:

2002,   Globalization, Americanization and British Muslim  Identity,  London,ICAS Press.

2004,   Dual Citizenship: British, Islamic or Both: Obligation,      Recognition, Respect and Belonging,, London, IHRC,– co- authors, Saied R. Ameli &  Arzu Mirali

2004,Social Discrimination: Across the Muslim Divide, London, IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Manzur Elahi & Arzu Merali.

2005, London, Secular or Islamic? What Schools do British Muslims want for their children?,  IHRC, Saied R. Ameli, Alya Azam & Arzu Merali.     

Papers:

  Over 70 papers published in English Daily Newspaper Tehran Times, between 1991 to 1992, the title of some these papers are as follow:

§   A series of articles on Leadership from an Islamic Viewpoints and Its Position within the Islamic Republic of Iran(in 7 issues)

§   The Great Architect of Islamic Thought (Imam Sadeq)

§    Multi-Faceted Functions of Friday Prayer

§    A look at the Academic and Political Personality of Ayatollah Mutahhari

§    The Status and Position of Women in an Islamic Society (two issues)

§    A Series of Articles on Media and Society—Mediacracy  (12 issue)

§    The Philosophy of Fasting in Islam

·    1999:  Women in Islam,  Q News, London,  issue 300.

·    2000:   Cultural Globalization and Muslim Identity, in Muslim Identity: Challenges of Modernity in the 21^st  Century edited by M. S. Bahmanpour.

·    2002: Interaction between Globalization, Religion and Citizenship, Letter of Social Sciences,  The University of Tehran.

·   2003: Reverse Civilisational Processing: Euro-centerism, Americo-centerism, Poly-centerism or Universalism Dialogue, Book Chapter: G. Safavi, Dialogue among Civilization, pp. 364-380, London.

·    May 2003: Globalizations: Westernization and Islamization of the World – Islamophobia and Enlargement of Modernity, Published in Globality of Islam and Globalization, Vol. 2.

·     July 2003: Concepts, Perspectives and Challenges of Citizenship: Safe City and Society based on Powerful and Legitimized Citizenship, in Abad Boom, Monthly Magazine of Association of Civil Engineering, No. 15,  pp. 6-10.

·     July & August 2003:  Dual Globalizations and Future of the World, Published in Social Sciences Monthly Review and Information Journal, Vol. 6(9-10).

·    September 2003: Dual Globalizations and World Stress Society, Published in the Journal of Social Sciences, the University of Tehran.

·    2003:Glocal Space: Power and Powerlessness of Culture, Published in Revista de Retorica y Teoria de la Communicacion, Vol 3 (5), pp. 93-70, Spain.

·    2003 Globalization and Religious Sphere, Book Chapter: Globalization and Religion, Vol 2, M. J. Sahebi, pp, 127-169.

·     Jan. 2003 Reverse Dialogue, Published in Islam im Dialogue, Vol 2 (7),   pp. 73-98, Germany – Hamburg.

·    2004 Exegetic Interaction between Radio and Critical Changes of Modernization and Globalization, Quarterly Journal of Communication & Culture, Vol. 1 (1),  pp. 3-20.

·     February 2004 Dual Globalizations:  Inter-religious Communication in the Real World and the Virtual World, Published in Islam im Dialogue, Vol 3 (8/9), pp. 47-61, Germany Hamburg.

·    2004 Hybrid City Space, Published in Abadboom, Monthly Magazine of Association of Civil Engineering,  No. 23, pp. 36-42.

·    Summer 2004 Globalizations: Concept and Theories, Arganon, A Quarterly Journal of Philosophy, Litrature and the Humanties, No. 24, pp. 1-55.

Papers in different Web Sites:

2001   Feminist Expectation of Muslim Women , www.inminds.co.uk

2001    Muslim Responses to Globalization ,  www.inminds.co.uk

2001   Euro-centrism and Islamophobia , www.www.ihrc.org

 2003    Palestine as a Millennium Dome: Globalization and Islamization     of the World: Universalization and Particularization of Palestinian Movements),  www.ihrc.org

2003    Democracy in Question – the Persecution of the Believers: The Reverse Processing of Power and Powerlessness, www.ihrc.org

Dual Globalizations: Future Synchronic Identity,

Conferences

 Feb. 2001: o-Centrism and Islamo-phobia, This paper was presented in the International Conference on Islamo-phobia organized by the Islamic Institute of London,           1997, Published in Discourse, issue 7, London

·    2000: Cultural Globalization and Muslim Identity, presented in the International Conference on Muslim Identity: Challenges of Modernity in the 21^st  Century held in SOAS 1998. This Paper was pu

·    2000:Cultural Globalization and Muslim Identity, presented in the International Conference on Muslim Identity: Challenges of Modernity in the 21^st Century held in SOAS 1998. This Paper was published by IIS and edited by M. S. Bahmanpour.

·    June 2000:Cultural Consequences of Globalization, presented in the International Conference on Cultural Globalization and Everyday Life in Metropolitan University of Manchester.

·   July 2000:Globalization and Iranian Identity, Presented in Tehran in the International Conference of Discourse of Iranians.

·   July 2000:Feminist Expectation of Muslim Women, Presented in an International Conference on Women and Islam, Organized by Institute of Islamic Studies, London.

Oct. 2000:Reverse Civilizational Processing:Eurocentrism or Poly-centrism Dialogue, presented in the International Conference on Dialogue among Civilizations,  Oct. 2000 in IIS, London.

·    July 2001:Muslim Responses to the Process of Globalization,  Presented in  the international Conference on Third World Policy in Response to Globalization in Jakarta.

·    9^th of September 2001:Feminist Expectations of Muslim Women, Presented in the International Conference on ‘Women in Islam’ in IIS, London.

·    19^th of Dec. 2001: Process of Globalization and Citizenship, presented in Conference on Communication and Society organized by University of Tehran.

·    14^th of Feb. 2002, Islamophobia, Faith and Globalization, Presented in the Conference on “Islamophobia, Faith and Globalization, London, Organized by ICEL.

·    17^th of Feb 2002:Democracy in Question: Power and Powerlessness: Prisoner of Faith, Present in the International Conference on “Prisoner of Faith Organized by Islamic Human Rights Commission, London.

·    28^th of May 2002:Analysis of Dialogue among Civilizations in relation to Globalization Process, Presented in Conference of University and Dialogue among Civilization, organized by University of Mazanderan, Iran.

·    9-14 of December 2002:Glocal Space: Power and Powerlessness of Cultures, Presented in International Conference on ‘Rhetoric, Globalization and Culture, Organized by LOGO  and University of Salamanca, Spain: Salamanca.

·    January 2003:Exegetic Interaction between Radio and critical changes of Modernization and Globalization era, Presented in Conference of Rule and place of Radio in New Communication System, Organized by University of Tehran and Radio Broadcasting of Iran.

·    1-2 March 2003:Palestine as a Millennium Dome: Globalization and Islamization of the World: Universalization and Particularization of Palestinian Movements, Presented in International Conference on Jerusalem/Al-Quds: The City of Three Monotheistic Faiths and the Islamic Rule, Organized by Institute of Islamic Studies.

·    23-26 April, 2003Reverse Dialogue: Global Exclusivism and Inclusivism—Hard Power and Soft Power, Presented in World Conference Dialogue among Civilizations: The Key to a Safe Future, Organized by The Polish Asia and Pacific Council.

·    May 2003:Globalization and Religious Sphere, Presented in conference on ‘Globalization and Religion: Challenges and Opportunity’, Qom.

·    May 2003:Globalizations: Westernization and Islamization of the World – Islamophobia and Enlargement of Modernity, Presented in an International Conference of Globality of Islam and Globalization.

·    May 2003: Challenges of Globalization on Public Sphere, Cultural Rights and National Citizenship, Presented in an International Conference of Human Rights, Organized by University of Mofid.

·    6-10 July 2003:Glocal Spaces: Globalization and Power of Religion: Presented in A Catholic-Shia Engagement: Sharing our Spiritual & Theological Resources in the Face in Contemporary Challenges, Ample forth Abbey, York YO62 4EN.

·    16-19 July 2003: Glocal Spaces: Globalizations, Ideology and Islamophobia: Presented in a Joint Workshop between University of Potsdam-Germany and University of Tehran-Faculty of Social Sciences, in Potsdam.

·    21-23, July 2003: Paradoxical Trends: Dual Globalization verses Dual Violence—Hard and Soft Power, Presented in an International Conference on Globalization and Violence, organized by University Surrey, Roehampton, Uk.

·    30^th of July 2003: Globalizations, Ideological Democracy and Islamophobia, presented in the Seminar, Organized by Islamic Human Rights Commission.

·    September 2003: Dialogue among Civilizations: Opportunities and Limits: Presented in the World and Traditional National Religions Congress, Organized by Presidency of Kazakhstan, at Astana.

·    November 2003: Dual Globalizations and Future of the World: series of three lectures in the Islamic Centre of Vienna, Austria.

·    December 2003:Dual Globalizations and New Paradigm of Cultural Studies,  organized by University of Tehran: Faculty of Social Sciences.

·    1-5, December, 2003. Moscow.New Culturology: Dual Globalization and Future Culture: An Articulation on Virtuality of Culture, Presented in International conference on Information for all: Culture and Information Society  Technologies, organized by Centre on the Problems of Informatisation in the sphere of Culture of the Ministry of Culture of Russia (Centre PIC). The State Tretyakov Gallery EVA Conferences International, Moscow.

·    14^th of March 2004:Sacred Reform for the Future: A Political Prospect of Imam Hussein, Global Movement—A Reverse Globalization, Presented in a Seminar on Imam Hossein’s Movement and the Concept of Socio-Political Reform, organized by Institute of Islamic Studies.

·    8^th of May 2004:Dual Globalizations and Reverse Cultural Processes, Presented in Second Workshop on Future Studies: Future Studies and Cultural Studies, organized by National Research Institute for Science Policy and institute for Management and Planning Studies.

·    8^th of May 2004: Dual Globalizations and Future of Synchronic Identities, Tehran January 2004, Organized by  National Research Institute for Science Policy and institute for Management and Planning Studies.

·    24^th of January 2004:Dual Globalizations: Intercommunication between Religions in the Cyberspace and the Real World, Homburg,  Organized by Islamische Akademie Deutschland e. V.

·    26^th of January 2004:Negative Globalizations: New Centralism or Decentralism, A Day Seminar, Organized by Islamic Human Rights Commission.

·    9^th of February 2004:Reverse Globalization and Revolution: , Moscow, Conference on 25^th Anniversary of Islamic Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities, organized by Science Academy of Russia, Cultural Attacher of IRI etal.

·    14^th of March 2004:Sacred Reform for the Future: A Political Prospect of Imam Hussein’s Global Movement—A Reverse Globalization, A Seminar Presented by the Institute of Islamic Studies, London.

·    2004: Dual Globalization: Synchronic Identities in the Future, Presented in the Workshop on Futurology and Cultural Studies.

• Dual Globalization: Synchronic Immigration – Glocality of Iranian Society, Presented in the Conference: The New Orders of Difference: Cultural Text and Discourses of Economic Migration: organized by Ferguson Centre: African and Asian Studies – London.

·     July 2004:Dual Globalizations and New Global Order, Presented in the Conference: Southern Voices and Global Order, organized by Global Studies Association, University of Warwick.

·    18_21 August 2004:Globalization Message: Paradoxical Approach in the Global Order, Presented in the Conference: The Meaning of Globalization: Confusions, Conjectures, Confirmations, Inaugural Conference of Globalization Studies Network, The,  organized by Centre for the study of Globalization and Regionalization.

·    September 2004:Chosen Globalization and Hegemonic Globalizations: Futurist Expectations of Final Revitalization of Human Life—The Second Coming, Presented in the international conference  in London Organized by Institute for Islamic Studies.

·    October, 2004:Vireal City: Solution and Destination for Developing Countries, Presented in the Conference: Urban Generations: Post-colonial cities, organized by Mohammed: Rabat, Morocco.

·    4-6 November 2004:Dual Globalizations, Government, Place and People: National Belonging, Presented in the Conference: Social Life, Civil Society, and Governance, Comparing Local Political Participation in a Global Society –Interdisciplinary Views, Organized by University of Potsdam-Germany.

·    2005, Duality of World Space: Pervasive Virtual Society and Reconstruction of Personal Identity, Presented in the conference on:

·    12 June, 2005: Universality of Liberation Theology: One Is Equal to All and All are Equal to One, Presented in IHRC’s conference  on: Towards a New Liberation Theology: Reflections on Palestine.

·    20-22 August 2005: Intercultural Approach to Americanism and Anti-Americanism: British Muslim Perception of America in a Post-September 11^th era, presented in International Conference on Perception/Construction of the West from ‘Outside” in Contemporary Cultural Text and Discourses, organized by Peking University – China.